PASADENA – Police have arrested a second suspect in the killing of a Lancaster man shot inside a crowded Pasadena restaurant earlier this month.

Charles Wetstone, 19, of Pasadena was arrested at an apartment complex in Glendale on Tuesday night with no struggle, but Pasadena police only announced the arrest Thursday.

Wetsone already has pending criminal cases for arrests on suspicion of inflicting corporal punishment on a spouse, battery, and making criminal threats. He was due to appear in court on those counts on June 22.

He is scheduled to appear in Pasadena Court this morning on the murder charge.

The arrest came less than a week after the June 11 apprehension of Dwayne Rice, 26, of Pasadena, who also is charged in the May 29 killing of David Crosby, 32. Rice was arrested at a friend’s home in San Bernardino.

Rice also has an extensive criminal history and was on active parole, police said.

Murder charges, with gang allegations, have been filed against both men by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Both are being held without bail.

Police said the motive for the shooting appears to be gang related, but officials would not elaborate.

Investigators believe the suspects opened fire inside a restaurant/nightclub on Sierra Madre Boulevard.

On the night he was shot, Crosby was with a group of people who had earlier attended the funeral of Darryl Stephens, a Pasadena City College football player, who committed suicide.

The funeral party then went to the Atlantis restaurant/nightclub to watch a Lakers game. Another group of people entered and an altercation ensued, investigators said.

Stephens and another man were considered suspects in the May 5 killing of a man in an unincorporated area near San Bernardino.

On Thursday, police officials praised detectives for making prompt arrests in the Crosby slaying.

“The men and women of the detective department and special operations unit have done an exemplary job of tracking these suspects down and getting them into custody,” said Janet Pope Givens.

Police Chief Bernard Melekian also commended his team, saying that the quick arrests send a message to criminals that they will be caught.